CBA, Safe Food Coalition, and AFDO Communicate with FDA About FSMA Inspection Frequency Mandates
Representatives from the Consumer Brands Association, the Safe Food Coalition, and the Association for Food and Drug Officials have written to Dr. Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to express their support for FDA's compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act's (FSMA) inspection frequency mandates. The letter also proposed a collaborative approach to addressing the inspection challenges and opportunities outlined in the recent FDA report entitled “Resiliency Roadmap for FDA Inspectional Oversight" (hereafter "Inspection Roadmap").
The letter specifically requested that FDA build on its Inspection Roadmap and New Era initiatives by leading a stakeholder engagement process to explore ways to meet the domestic inspection frequency mandates in FSMA and better protect public health through modernizing inspections. The letter also requested that FDA provide the organizations that authored the letter with a seat at the table to discuss inspection modernization with FDA and how to most effectively leverage technology and state regulatory resources. The groups also communicated that they are looking forward to further engagement with FDA on inspection modernization.